Arabic是什么意思

Arabic

英美 [??r?b?k]

Arabic (adj.): early 14c., from Old French Arabique (13c.), from Latin Arabicus "Arabic" (see Arab). Old English used Arabisc "Arabish." Originally in reference to gum arabic; noun meaning "Arabic language" is from late 14c.

Arabic numerals (actually Indian) first attested 1727; they were introduced in Europe by Gerbert of Aurillac (later Pope Sylvester II) after a visit to Islamic Spain in 967-970. A prominent man of science, he taught in the diocesan school at Reims, but the numbers made little headway against conservative opposition in the Church until after the Crusades. The earliest depiction of them in English, in "The Crafte of Nombrynge" (c. 1350) correctly identifies them as "teen figurys of Inde."

1. The clock is available with either Roman or Arabic numerals.: 這款鐘有帶羅馬數(shù)字的，也有帶阿拉伯?dāng)?shù)字的。

2. Mombasa is a town with a beguiling Arabic flavour.: 蒙巴薩是一座充滿迷人的阿拉伯風(fēng)情的城市。

3. He spoke in Arabic, a short staccato burst.: 他突然用阿拉伯語(yǔ)嘰里呱啦說(shuō)了一串話。

4. He spoke abruptly, in barely comprehensible Arabic.: 他突然開(kāi)口了，說(shuō)的卻是幾乎聽(tīng)不懂的阿拉伯語(yǔ)。

5. I was asked to lecture on the Arabic literature yesterday.: 昨天我應(yīng)邀去講阿拉伯文學(xué).